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Thomas Bell

Position:
Forward
Ht./Wt.:
6-6 / 190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
East St. Louis, IL
High School:
Cahokia HS
Prev School:
Kaskaskia College

UNT CAREER
• Played in 91 games and made 60 starts
• Won 2022 Conference USA Regular Season Championship
• Won 2021 Conference USA Tournament Championship
• Won 2020 Conference USA Regular Season Championship
• First three-year league champ in program history
• Led North Texas to 2021 NCAA Tournament appearance and first-ever NCAA Tournament victory
• Scored 16 points, had five rebounds, three assists and two blocks in UNT's 78-69 upset victory over Purdue in the 2021 NCAA Tournament
• Scored seven points and had nine rebounds versus Villanova in North Texas' 2021 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 game
• Scored 892 career points (9.8 points per game)
• Grabbed 570 career rebounds (6.3 rebounds per game)
• Had 154 career assists (1.7 assists per game)
• Made 75 career 3-pointers
• Had 75 career blocks
• 2022 Conference USA Second Team All-Conference
• 2022 Conference USA All-Defensive Team
• 2021 Conference USA Preseason All-Conference
• Scored a season-high 401 points (12.5 ppg) in 2021-22
• Grabbed a season-high 227 rebounds (7.1 rpg) in 2021-22
• Had a season-high 85 assists (2.7 apg) in 2021-22
• Scored a single-game career-high 21 points three times
• Had a single-game career-high 15 rebounds versus UTSA on Jan. 23, 2020

SINGLE GAME HIGHS
Points – 21, three times
Rebounds – 15, vs UTSA 01/23/20
Assists – 6, vs Virginia 03/20/22
Steals – 4, at Marshall 02/26/21
Blocks – 3, three times
FG Made – 9, at Rice 02/12/22
FG Attempts – 17, twice
3 FG Made – 4, twice
3 FG Attempts – 8, vs Miami (FL) 11/26/21
FT Made – 7, twice
FT Attempts – 16, at UTEP 03/05/22

TOP CAREER SCORING GAMES
1. 21, at Rice 02/12/22
1. 21, at Louisiana Tech 01/29/22
1. 21, vs LSU-Alexandria 12/22/20
4. 20, at UTEP 03/05/22
4. 20, vs. Western Ky. 03/01/20
6. 19, vs. UT Arlington 11/18/21
6. 19, vs. Middle Tenn. 03/10/21
8. 18, vs. UTEP 02/07/22
8. 18, vs. Miami (FL) 11/26/21
8. 18, vs. UAB 03/06/21

2021-22
• Conference USA Second Team All-Conference
• Conference USA All-Defensive Team
• NABC First Team All-District
• Played in and started all 31 games for North Texas
• Averaged 12.5 points per game (401 total)
• Averaged a team-leading 7.1 rebounds per game (227 total)
• Led the team in assists with 85 (2.7 per game)
• Scored a season-high 21 points twice
• Grabbed a season-high 12 rebounds three times
• Had a career-high six assists versus Virginia on March 20
• Had six double-doubles in the season
• Recorded a season-high three blocks at Marshall on Jan. 13
• Had 21 points (8-10 FGs), 7 rebounds adn three steals in UNT's Jan. 29 win at LA Tech
• Scored 20 points and had 11 rebounds on March 5 at UTEP
• Ended the regular season one of just 16 players in the nation with at least 354 points, 193 rebounds, 68 assists and 26 blocks
• Voted to the 11-man Conference USA Preseason All-Conference team
• Dave Campbell's Magazine All-Texas Defensive Team
• Dave Campbell's Magazine All-Texas Honorable Mention

2020-21
• Played in and started all 28 games
• Averaged 10.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game
• Finished the year first in blocks (33), second in rebounds (163), third in scoring (290), third in 3-pointers (32), third in steals (20) and third in minutes (28.5/game)
• Scored a career-high 21 points versus LSU Alexandria on Dec. 22
• Scored in double figures 13 times
• Played a career-high 42 minutes in the Mean Green's 78-69 overtime victory over Purdue in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
• Scored 16 points in the Mean Green first round NCAA Tournament victory over Purdue
• Helped lead UNT to the 2021 C-USA Tournament championship by making his first seven 3-pointers in the tournament
• In the C-USA championship game, Bell made a 3-pointer with 2:30 left in overtime to give UNT the lead that they'd never give up
• Ended the regular season shooting 67.1% from 2-point range, which was the third best in C-USA and 36th best in the nation

2019-20
• Played in all 31 games
• Led the team in rebounds with 180 (5.8 per game)
• Was just one of two players in the nation to lead his team in rebounds and not start a game
• Averaged 6.5 points per game
• Fourth on the team in assists with 42
• Scored a season-high 20 points in the Mean Green's C-USA regular season championship clinching win over WKU on March 1
• Grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds on Jan. 23 versus UTSA
• Recorded a double-double on Jan. 23 versus UTSA with 11 points and 15 rebounds
• Scored in double figures 10 times
• Had 10+ rebounds three times
• Had the second-most rebounds in the nation for player who didn't start a game

Kaskaskia College (2018-19)
• His 109 offensive rebounds in 2018-19 were the 14th most in the nation
• Averaged 7.6 rebounds per game in 2018-19
• Named 2019 All-Region 24
• Great Rivers Athletic Conference All Conference selection
• Led Kaskaskia to a 2019 region title and the NJCAA National Tournament where they were the No. 20 overall seed
• Averaged 20.5 points per game during the national tournament and 17.7 for the entire season

Penn Valley CC (2017-18)
• Started 27 of 28 games
• Averaged 17.9 points and 9.9 rebounds per game
• His 114 offensive rebounds were the 11th most in the nation

Cahokia HS
• Led Cahokia to a top 10 ranking in the St. Louis Metro Area
• Averaged a team-leading 18 points and 8.6 rebounds per game
• Led the league in scoring and rebounding
• Scored over 30 points as a senior three times and scored a season-high 35 points on Jan. 21 versus Collinsville